SB1U2 We Regret to inform you ...
(Understanding ideas)
quit v. 放弃,停止;戒掉,辞职
quit doing sth. 停止做某事
quit one's job 辞去某人的工作
He quit his job as an office boy.
他辞去了办公室勤杂员的工作。
He's quit smoking.他戒了烟。
Emily Bront? had to pay to have his/her poetry published.
“have sth. done”结构,意为“使某事被做”。publish与his/her poetry之间为逻辑上的动宾关系。
“have sth. done”结构可表示三种含义:
(主语)请/派别人完成某事。
(主语)完成某事。
(主语)遭受某种不幸的情况。
Examples
You should understand the traffic rule by now. You've had it explained often enough. 到现在你应该理解这条交通规则了吧,已经给你解释得够多了。
Before you came back I had had all my mistakes corrected. 在你回来之前,我已把所有的错误都改正过来了。
I had my leg broken when I got off the bus. 下公共汽车时我的一条腿摔断了。
I had my watch stolen last night. 昨天晚上,我的手表被偷了。
“We regret to inform you...” These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well.
regret v. & n. 遗憾;懊悔
regret doing/having done sth. 后悔做过某事
regret to do sth. 遗憾地去做某事(还没做)
to one's regret 令人遗憾的是
regretful adj. 后悔的,遗憾的
inform v. 通知,告知
inform sb. of/about sth. 告知某人某事
information n.[U]信息,消息
informed adj. 见多识广的
vt. sb. of sth.结构相同的短语
warn sb of sth.告诫;警告某人某事
convince sb. of sth.使某人相信某事
inform sb. of sth.通知某人某事
cure sb. of sth.治愈某人的疾病
rob sb. of sth.抢夺某人的某物
accuse sb. of sth.指控某人犯有……罪
suspect sb. of sth.怀疑某人有……罪
remind sb. of sth. 使某人想起某事
“We regret to inform you...” These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well.
Translation
“我们抱歉地通知您……” 这句话对每个作家而言既害怕又熟悉。
定从
Take for example J.K. Rowling. When she received her first rejection letter, she decided that it meant she now had something in common with her favourite writers, and stuck it on her kitchen wall.
take sth. for example 以...为例
have something in common with 有一些共同之处
stick ... on ... 把...贴到...上
Translation
以J. K. 罗琳为例。当她收到第一封拒稿信时,她决定把这看作是自己与喜爱的作家之间有了共同之处,并把这封信贴在厨房的墙上。
Rowling had spent years surviving on little money, spending all her time writing.
survive v.幸存,活下来;比...活得长
survive sth. 幸免于某事;从某事中活过来
A survive(s) B by ... A比B多活……
survive on 靠……存活下来
survive from 从……流传下来
表示存活、活下来、幸免于难的时候,用survive;
表示习惯、仪式、礼仪、习俗、古老的建筑或者文学著作等的沿革、沿袭、流传的时候,多用survive from。
survivor n.幸存者
survival n.[U]幸存;[C]残存物
“I wasn’t going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, but I often feared that would happen,” she later posted.
turn的相关短语
turn off 关掉 ; 关上 ; 关 ; 拐弯
turn up 开大 ; 出现 ; 来到 ; 找到
turn down 关小 ; 调低 ; 拒绝 ; 调小
turn over 移交 ; 翻过来 ; 仔细考虑 ; 翻身
turn back 回来 ; 折回 ; 翻过来 ; 往回走
turn around 转身 ; 转向 ; 转过身 ; 转圈
After a total of twelve rejections, one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book, and as we know,?Harry Potter?became a global success, with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
agree to do sth. 同意做某事
非限定从
with的复合结构
Translation
在收到12封拒稿信后,终于有一家出版商同意将她的第一本书印刷500册。我们都知道,
《哈利·波特》后来在全球大获成功,销量超过4亿册,被翻译成了70多种不同的语言。
All too often writers of great works have had to face criticism along with rejection.
all too often = only too often 有太多时候,太过频繁
along with 与...一起
Translation
伟大作品的作家也常常在被回绝的同时还要遭受批评。
J.D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school, but later struggled to get his works published.
struggle v. 努力,奋斗;挣扎脱身,搏斗;斗争,抗争
n. 斗争,努力
struggle for... 为(争取)……而努力/奋斗
struggle to do sth. 努力/争取做某事
struggle with/against... 与……斗争
struggle to one's feet 挣扎着站起来
Examples
Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake. 湖水水位下降时,鱼会拼命挣扎求生。
I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon. 我琢磨了整整一下午,想弄懂这篇文章的意思。
For years she struggled with/against the establishment to get her theories accepted. 她与传统势力抗争多年,力图使自己的学说得到认可。
In spite of the serious injury, Lucy struggled to her feet and walked towards the hospital. 尽管受伤严重,露西还是挣扎着站起来,向医院走去。
Practice
With more and more fast?food concepts reaching the market, the Sparrow menu had to struggle ________ attention.
Because a college community(群体) differs from the family, many students will struggle _____________ (find) a sense of belonging.
for
to find
J.D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school, but later struggled to get his works published.
Translation
J. D. 塞林格从高中就开始写短篇小说了,但之后他的作品却难以发表。
“We feel that we don’t know the central character well enough” was the criticism he received on his manuscript for?The Catcher in the Rye.
定从
Translation
“我们觉得自己无法充分理解主人公。” 这是他的《麦田里的守望者》的手稿收到的批评。
Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D. Salinger refused to give up. Even when serving in the US Army during the Second World War, he carried six chapters of?The Catcher in the Rye?with him and worked on the novel throughout his war service.
serve in 在...服役
work on 从事,致力于
时间状从的省略
Translation
即使被多家出版商回绝,J. D. 塞林格也从未放弃。甚至在二战期间在美国陆军服役时,他还随身携带了《麦田里的守望者》一书的六章内容,并在整个服役期间一直致力于小说的修改。
Perhaps the overall prize for perseverance should go to three sisters from Victorian England who dreamt of seeing their words in print. This, however, was a time when women were not encouraged to become writers.
定从
Translation
也许坚持不懈的最高荣誉应该颁给来自英国维多利亚时代的三姐妹。她们梦想着看到自己的作品出版。然而,这是一个不鼓励女性成为作家的时代。
As the then Poet Laureate, Robert Southey, wrote to one of them: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it ought not to be.”
非限定从, “正如”
同位语
ought not to be 不应该做某事
Translation
正如当时的桂冠诗人罗伯特·骚塞在给她们其中一位的信中所说:“文学不可能也不应该成为女人的事业。”
In fact, it is within the pages of?Jane Eyre?that we can find these words: “I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends...”
强调句
定从
Translation
其实,这正印证了我们在《简·爱》中读到的:“我崇尚忍耐、坚毅、勤奋、天赋;因为只有依靠这些,人们才能实现宏大的目标……”
So, it seems that talent alone isn’t enough to guarantee success.
guarantee vt. 保证,担保;使必然发生
n. [C] 保证,保修单;质量保证书
guarantee sb. sth. 向某人保证某事
guarantee to do sth. 保证做某事
under guarantee 在保修期内
While a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play a part, perseverance is the key.
a touch of 少量,一点
play a part 起作用
play a part/ role in 在...中起作用/扮演角色
take an active part in 积极参与
Translation
不懈的努力和一点点运气固然很重要,但坚持不懈才是关键。
when引导时间状语从句时,从句的谓语动词既可以是延续性动词,也可以是非延续性动词。当时间状语从句中的谓语动词是延续性动词时,while和when可以互换。
Sorry, I was out when you called me. 对不起,你打电话时我出去了。
While/When we were talking,the teacher came in. 我们正在谈话时,老师进来了。
(2)while做从属连词,可引导让步状语从句,
意为“虽然,尽管”。while引导让步状语从句时,
从句往往位于主句之前。
While I admit it's difficult,I can solve it. 虽然我承认它很难,但我能解决它。
While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction toclassieal paintings. 虽然很有可能他对这些书理解甚少,但它们却是他了解古典绘画的人门指导。
(3)while做并列连词,表示对比,意为“而,然而”
用来连接两个并列分句。
He likes playing basketball, while I like listening to music. 他喜欢打值球,而我喜欢听音乐
“We are delighted to inform you...”
delighted adj. 愉快的,高兴的
be delighted at/by/with sth. 因某事而高兴
be delighted to do sth. 愿意/乐意/高兴做某事
delight vt. 使快乐 n. [U]快乐,[C]令人高兴的事
delightful adj. 令人愉快的
take delight in (doing) sth. 以(做)某事为乐
to sb.'s delight 令某人高兴的是
Practice
I am always delighted ______________ (receive) your letters. In spite of being short, they bring much relief when I know that you are safe.
It is a truly ____________ (delight) place, which looks the same as it must have done 100 years ago with its winding streets and pretty cottages.
________ our delight, varieties of birds in the forest are on the increase.
It's not polite to take delight ________ proving others wrong.
Sophie has moved to live in the countryside and she is delighted __________ her new home.
to receive
delightful
To
in
at/by/with
Thank you!